Molehill Mountain Episode 79 – All About the Kugel

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Swatting got someone killed last week.  It’s an unpleasant topic and one we spend the first part of the show yammering about anything and everything to avoid it.  But, as former GamePolitics writers, we felt we needed to discuss it. 46:00 – Gamers kill someone via swatting 1:13:08 – Copyright extensions keep hundreds of games …

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Molehill Mountain Episode 78 – FCC Say What Now?

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Tonight is a solo show with E. Zachary Knight. He discusses the Net Neutrality vote by the FCC, Patreon’s fee fiasco, PlayerUnknown’s odd misunderstanding of Intellectual Property law, and more. 17:32 – PlayerUnknown’s misunderstanding of IP law 29:47 – Patreon’s terrible fee change and reversal 43:44 – FCC votes to end net neutrality

Molehill Mountain Episode 77 – The Uncanny Gally

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Here’s what we think about some of the things we think about. 13:53 – Here’s what we think about The Game Awards 39:53 – Here’s what we think about the trailer for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom 48:33 – Here’s what we think about the trailer for Alita: Battle Angle and Gally’s enormous eyes 54:38 – …

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Molehill Mountain Episode 76 – Hey There, Lonely Boy

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Another solo show!  I didn’t think I had enough material for 30 minutes but I ended up yammering for two solid hours! 0:41 – I have more thoughts on LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens 53:53 – I rant about net neutrality 1:03:40 – The Avengers: Infinity War trailer left me cold 1:17:55 – The …

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Molehill Mountain Episode 75 – The Price Of a Power Moon

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Let’s talk about Super Mario Odyssey, The Punisher, and Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp. 0:15 – Super Mario Odyssey is good! 44:30 – Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp is bad! 54:33 – The Punisher is okay!

Molehill Mountain Episode 74 – Happy Birthday, Wii U!

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It’s the long-dead Wii U’s fifth birthday! 0:10 – For the Wii U’s fifth birthday, we remember the 300 games that released on the PS3 and 360 (and often, a bunch of other platforms as well) but not the Wii U 26:42 – Universal’s Illumination may be handling an animated Super Mario Bros. movie 40:01 …

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Molehill Mountain Episode 73 – The Fault In Our Star Wars

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Star Wars is going to make more Star Wars to go with our Star Wars! 22:07 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles added to Injustice 2 roster 31:13 – EA buys Respawn. Will probably kill it like all the others 41:34 – Star Wars announced even more Star Wars to go with all the Star Wars! …

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Molehill Mountain Episode 72 – Animal Crossing: Happy Campers

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Because that’s a far better name than “Pocket Camp.” 9:41 – EA and demands for high Metacritic scores 28:54 – Xbox One’s backwards compatibility would have arrived sooner if Microsoft didn’t have to spend a bunch of time and resources removing its ill-advised always-on DRM 39:46- Nintendo details Animal Crossing for mobile devices

Molehill Mountain Episode 71 – Dead Horse Beatings

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EA has closed one of its studios… again. 32:38 – Capcom grossly overprices its costume DLC for Marvel vs Capcom Infinite 37:10 – Disney finally revealed the official name of its upcoming Han Solo movie. It’s boring. 39:12 – Bethesda goes overboard with Season Pass and Preorder shenanigans for Wolfenstein 2 41:25 – Switch OS …

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Molehill Mountain Episode 70 – DLC You In Hell

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Sorry I’m so late posting this but I spent all week editing a new YouTube video.  Anyway, in this episode (the title of which I’m immature enough to be super proud of!) we discuss the evils of DLC in all its most insidious forms from microtransactions to loot boxes. 42:15 – IGN buys Humble Bundle. …

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